- In tort law,
detinue (/ˈdɛtɪˌnjuː/) is an
action to
recover for the
wrongful taking of personal property. It is
initiated by an
individual who claims...
- to
deliver them. Old Nat Brev, fol 66. Reg Orig, fol 159. It was a
writ of detinue of charters. It had
fallen into
disuse by 1816 and was
obsolete by 1843...
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taking of goods, with a
remedy in damages. In the case
of unjust detention:
Replevin lay to
recover goods still held
after a
tender of amends.
Detinue lay...
- to
detinue lay in the
unwillingness of the
judges before 1585 to
uphold an
action on a new
writ where a
remedy already existed, such as in
detinue. In...
- (See
further detinue)
Certiorari Cessavit Com****
Contra formam feoffamenti Contributione facienda Coram nobis Cui ante
divortium is a
writ that a woman...
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within a form
of action. In the 13th and 14th
centuries the
forms of action for the
enforcement of agreements were covenant, debt,
detinue, and account...
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of equity. It
originally applied to
bailees subject to
multiple actions of detinue, and
privity was
required either between the
parties or in
detinue...
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introduction of bills, a
writ would have to be issued, with
different writs depending on the issue. If A
wished to sue B for tresp****, debt and
detinue, the court...
- tresp****, debt and
detinue, he
would have a
writ issued for tresp****. B
would be
arrested as a result, and the covenant,
detinue and debt
actions undertaken...
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necessary to
invent a new
writ which covered the gap
between action in tresp****
which lay for the
wrongful taking of a chattel, and
detinue which lay for its...
